Boone-Hayes Cemetery

In our goal of supporting the preservation of historical landmarks, an excerpt from:

DANIEL BOONE AND FRONTIER FAMILIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

“After more than a century of less than due recognition, and after some serious damage to the cemetery caused by lack of upkeep and periodic vandalism, the Native Sons of Kansas City, recognizing the importance of Daniel Morgan Boone , took over the role of protecting the cemetery.  Some years have passed since the Native Sons of Kansas City first took on the cemetery as their project, and the “project” is finally rounding into a perfect conclusion.  The present in-progress effort of the organization is to develop an 8-acre park around and including the cemetery.  The park, which will include a walking trail, benches, and historic markers, will be named, ‘Daniel Morgan Boone Memorial Park’.  Presently there are two flat on-the-ground grave markers, one for Daniel Morgan Boone, and one for his wife Sarah Griffen Lewis Boone, as well as a larger granite marker that was erected some years ago by the Daughters of the American Revolution.  The park will become an important permanent recognition for a man considered by some as the first, or one of the first, of the American frontiersmen to explore and settle in what is now Missouri, and as a man who played a major role in Missouri’s early frontier and statehood history.  For Kansas City, the park represents a key link in the city’s outstanding heritage, connecting back to any important son of one of America’s most popular legendary figures, as well as to one of the first American families to settle in what is now Kansas City.”